Variety. Variety is the spice of life
and fitness. A lifetime of health and fitness is achievable when you can think
outside the box. You have to mix it up all the time. Stay curious, creative,
and stick with the kinds of workouts that you enjoy. A variety of exercises,
workouts, and sports will allow you to avoid injuries, plateaus, and
boredom.

Consistency.
Improvement and change occur when you do things often. Stopping and starting
all the time will kill any momentum you need to succeed. You must find ways to
stay in the game. Moderate forms of exercise, done consistently, provide far
better results than the occasional full-body pummeling. A lifestyle that
includes multiple forms of exercise five to six days a week guarantees results.

Intensity. YOU'RE TOUGHER THAN
YOU THINK. The fear of pain or injury from working out is a mindset steeped in
failure. You must learn to "Find the Line." Do the extra rep or two, increase
your range of motion, and increase resistance as you get stronger. Intensity
goes hand in hand with Variety and Consistency. The combination of the three
work together as a triad that creates a platform for success. The programs
provide variety. Your plan will keep you consistent.

Purpose. Your purpose is to
have a better life. Exercise and eating right help you feel better. When you
feel better, you do more. When you do more, you meet other people. A healthy
lifestyle gives us the energy to be better than before. We want to participate,
share, communicate, and build a community have purpose in our lives. If you had
never found Beachbody, you might be right back where you were isolated, with
nothing to share, no purpose, because you weren't doing anything with anyone.

Reality. Why do we want life to
be different than it is? Why do we think about who we were and who we're going
to be more than who we are? We certainly talk a good game about who we are now.
Why do we try to predict the future with the hope that wishful thinking is
enough to change it? Life is NOT the way it was. It's the way it is. Life is
not our fantasy predictions of the future or our glory days of the past. Life
is that thing that is happening to you as you read this. We fall into the trap
of living in the past and future because right here is not good enough. Back
then and up there are keeping you from right now.

Sports. Take the onus off of
weight, inches, and body fat percentages and put the focus on MOVING - from
dancing, rock climbing, and mountain biking to table tennis. I love that
ping-pong! Think in terms of "can do" instead of "look like." Sports are fun
and help develop balance and coordination which in turn accelerates your
results. Jump, kick, run, spin, throw, skate, shoot, hit, score, compete . . .
PLAY!

The Plan. SCHEDULE ALL WORKOUTS
IN ADVANCE. This creates accountability. Plan an entire month ahead of time.
Try to schedule as many workouts as possible with friends who have similar
goals. WOWY was developed so that we could find an easy and effective way to
stay accountable and work out together. Now we've got people in Trumbull, CT
(my hometown), doing Power 90 at the same time with people in Hollywood. That
is cool!

Sleep (and stress). Stressed
out, sleep-deprived people don't eat right and exercise regularly. Stress
depletes energy, strength, and desire, while poor sleep habits affect your
moods and immune function along with cognitive and motor performance. Burning
the candle at both ends makes it impossible to be fit and healthy.

Loving It. Exercise and
workouts involve commitment, determination, planning, consistency, and
intensity. If you don't like what you're doing, there's no way on earth you'll
succeed. Enthusiasm is a very big piece of the puzzle. Get creative and stay
curious. If you enjoy doing Power 90 exclusively and it works for you, then
keep doing it until it doesn't. If you get part way through P90X and it's not
your cup of tea, then stop, and do something else. Something's got to bring you
back day after day, week after week. Love it (tolerate it) or leave it.

Flexibility. Flexibility is the
fountain of youth. Flexible people are much less prone to injury. Yoga and
stretching allow you to bring more intensity to your workouts. Flexibility is
the key component to becoming less vulnerable and more durable. Aging has a
funny way of making everything we do harder. Staying limber and flexible is the
way to prevent that from happening.

Food and Supplements. You are
what you eat! Food and supplements are your fuel. The right fuel supplies
proper energy and recovery through balanced brain chemistry. The right
supplements simply fill in gaps in your diet.